A Doomsday Prayer for the Polluting Ape

Look at my brethren gathering today
in airport transit rooms. They wander by
as if untangling dreams—aflame but grey—
from noctilucent brume, a burnished lie.
Behold, fair Muse, a bright awakening:
valises hobbling forth, untiring hands
filling out trifling papers, fidgeting,
disorder beauty never understands.
Regard meek faces pondering regret,
others upbeat and searching for some plane,
others absorbed in labor, others yet
deciphering abstruse passages in vain.
Despite noise, carbon footprint, air pollution,
accord them bitter hope for absolution.

Note: The totality of the sonnet is the resegmentation of a concatenation of IATA airport codes. It can be interpreted as a found sonnet on the face of the Earth. It is a 988,714 miles-long itinerary of flights that touches ground at 132 airports worldwide and has an estimated carbon footprint of about 12.5 million kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalents. Its length, which corresponds to about 39.7 laps around the Earth's circumference, makes it the longest sonnet in the world. Its carbon footprint makes it the most toxic sonnet in the world.

The sequence of airports is the following one. Note that the codes in parentheses make up the entire sequence of letters in the sonnet.

Airport sequence: Andamooka, Australia (ADO); Omsk Oblast, Russia (OMS); Dayton, Ohio, USA (DAY); Paraná, Argentina (PRA); Fort Severn, Ontario, Canada (YER); Fortaleza, Brazil (FOR); Teresina, Brazil (THE); Pemba, Mozambique (POL); Laura Station, Australia (LUT); El Calafate, Argentina (ING); San Juan Aposento, Perú (APE); Laghouat, Algeria (LOO); Kaitaia, New Zealand (KAT); Mayumba, Gabon (MYB); Rost, Norway (RET); Harare, Zimbabwe (HRE); Young, Australia (NGA); Teresina, Brazil (THE); Ringi Cove, Solomon Islands (RIN); Gorontalo, Indonesia (GTO); Dayton, Ohio, USA (DAY); Inta, Russia (INA); Isiro, Democratic Republic of Congo (IRP); Northway, Alaska, USA (ORT); Tarama, Japan (TRA); Yaoundé, Cameroon (NSI); Taree, Australia (TRO); Omsk Oblast, Russia (OMS); Teresina, Brazil (THE); Petawawa, Canada (YWA); Mandera, Kenya (NDE); Ruby, Alaska, USA (RBY); Ascension, St. Helena (ASI); Funafuti, Tuvalu (FUN); Tangalooma, Queensland, Australia (TAN); Glenn Innes, Australia (GLI); Anegada, Virgin Islands (NGD); Reao, French Polynesia (REA); Muskrat Dam, Ontario, Canada (MSA); Florencia, Colombia (FLA); Maxton, North Carolina, USA (MEB); Moyeni, Lesotho (UTG); Reyes, Bolivia (REY); Floro, Norway (FRO); Manono, Democratic Republic of Congo (MNO); Cuito Canavale, Angola (CTI); Laucala Island, Fiji (LUC); Enewetak, Marshall Islands (ENT); Brussels, Belgium (BRU); Macaé, Brazil (MEA); Burbank, California, USA (BUR); Simberi Island, Papua New Guinea (NIS); Herendeen Bay, Alaska, USA (HED); Libenge, Democratic Republic of Congo (LIE); Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA (BEH); Old Town, Maine, USA (OLD); Fairbanks, Alaska, USA (FAI); Murcia, Spain (RMU); Seattle, Washington, USA (SEA); Bari, Italy (BRI); Ghat, Libya (GHT); Awassa, Ethiopia (AWA); Kenema, Sierra Leone (KEN); El Calafate, Argentina (ING); Valenca, Brazil (VAL); Isparta, Turkey (ISE); Manzini, Swaziland (SHO); Ballera, Australia (BBL); El Calafate, Argentina (ING); Fortaleza, Brazil (FOR); Pittufik, Greenland (THU); Bintuni, Indonesia (NTI); Ringi Cove, Solomon Islands (RIN); Ghardaia, Algeria (GHA); Sandstone, Australia (NDS); Fillmore, Utah (FIL); Milan, Italy (LIN); Garoua, Cameroon (GOU); Makale, Indonesia (TTR); Innisfail, Australia (IFL); El Calafate, Argentina (ING); Tabarre, Haiti (PAP); Windhoek, Namibia (ERS); Fishers Island, New York, USA (FID); Geraldton, Australia (GET); El Calafate, Argentina (ING); Dolisie, Republic of Congo (DIS); Chicago, Illinois, USA (ORD); Pukatja, Australia (ERB); Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA (EAU); Taiyuan, China (TYN); Evenes, Norway (EVE); St. Denis, Reunion (RUN); Derim, Papua New Guinea (DER); Skjern, Denmark (STA); Sandstone, Australia (NDS); Reggio di Calabria, Italy (REG); Kalabahi, Indonesia (ARD); Maré, New Caledonia (MEE); Kiffa, Mauritania (KFA); Cessnock, Australia (CES); Poptún, Guatemala (PON); Derim, Papua New Guinea (DER); El Calafate, Argentina (ING); Reggio di Calabria, Italy (REG); Rost, Norway (RET); North Bend, Oregon, USA (OTH); Windhoek, Namibia (ERS); Caimito, Cuba (UPB); Wenatchee, Washington, USA (EAT); Anderson, South Carolina, USA (AND); Seattle, Washington, USA (SEA); Riohacha, Colombia (RCH); El Calafate, Argentina (ING); Fortaleza, Brazil (FOR); San Tomé, Venezuela (SOM); Épinal, France (EPL); Angers, France (ANE); North Bend, Oregon, USA (OTH); Windhoek, Namibia (ERS); Abu Simbel, Egypt (ABS); Orebro, Sweden (ORB); Edinburgh, Scotland (EDI); N’Dola, Zambia (NLA); Belfort, France (BOR); North Bend, Oregon, USA (OTH); Windhoek, Namibia (ERS); Edson, Alberta, Canada (YET); Decatur, Illinois, USA (DEC); Ipoh, Malaysia (IPH); Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (ERI); Young, Australia (NGA); Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan (BST); Marau, Solomon Islands (RUS); El Palomar, Argentina (EPA); Salvador, Brazil (SSA); General Santos, Philippines (GES); Inverness, Scotland (INV); Wainwright, Alaska, USA (AIN); Desroches Island, Seychelles (DES); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (PIT); Encarnación, Paraguay (ENO); Isparta, Turkey (ISE); Caribou, Maine, USA (CAR); Kralendijk, Bonaire (BON); Biak Numfoor, Indonesia (FOO); Mt. Sheila, Australia (TPR); Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA (INT); Aripuana, Brazil (AIR); Pemba, Mozambique (POL); Laura Station, Australia (LUT); Impfondo, Republic of Congo (ION); Accra, Ghana (ACC); Chicago, Illinois, USA (ORD); Teresina, Brazil (THE); Mbeya, Tanzania (MBI); Ternate, Indonesia (TTE); Rhodos, Greece (RHO); Peenemünde, Germany (PEF); Orán, Argentina (ORA); Basco, Philippines (BSO); Laura Station, Australia (LUT); Impfondo, Republic of Congo (ION).